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IDFA encourages Trump administration to 'stay the course' in US-Kenya negotiations

from Hoard's Dairyman

IDFA encourages Trump administration to 'stay the course' in US-Kenya negotiations Hoard's Dairyman In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer regarding trade negotiations between the governments of the United States and Kenya, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) said a U.S.-Kenya agreement has the potential to provide tangible market access for U.S. food and agricultural exports to Kenya's growing economy while also cutting into the European Union’s dominance over dairy exports to Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa. IDFA encouraged the Trump Administration to continue to pursue a trade agreement with the African continent’s seventh largest economy, but voiced its concern for Kenya's protectionist measures over its dairy sector as well as a host of non-tariff barriers to trade that would limit U.S. dairy's competitiveness. READ MORE

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